Lumileds Orders Veeco GaN Systems
Jul. 30, 2004
WOODBURY, N.Y., July 30 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. announced it has received a $10 million order to...
Utah FTTP Network Build Underway
Jul. 30, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 -- Riverstone Networks announced it will immediately begin shipping...
Communications Equipment Rebound Predicted
Jul. 29, 2004
NEW YORK, July 29 -- A rebound in expenditures on enterprise networking equipment and...
EM4 to Buy PowerNetix IP, Assets
Jul. 29, 2004
BEDFORD, Mass., July 29 -- EM4 Inc., a Bedford-based outsourcer of the design and manufacture of...
After 'Abysmally Failed' Experiment, Carbon Nanotubes Grow Wings
Jul. 29, 2004
ARGONNE, Ill., July 29 -- Diamonds are the hardest known substance. Carbon nanotubes are the...
SwRI Instruments Chosen by NASA
Jul. 28, 2004
SAN ANTONIO, July 28 -- Two science instruments to be developed by Southwest Research Institute...
Schott Scientific Glass Plant to Close
Jul. 28, 2004
ELMSFORD, N.Y., July 28 -- Schott Corp. has announced the schedule for the closing of operations at...
Raytheon to Make Sub HDR SATCOM Systems
Jul. 28, 2004
MCKINNEY, Texas, July 28 -- Under a $29.4 million contract from Electric Boat Corp., Raytheon Co....
Enhanced LEDs Could Transform Lighting
Jul. 27, 2004
TROY, N.Y., July 27 -- A research team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has developed a...
Coherent Appoints 2 Senior Executives
Jul. 27, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27 -- Michael Cumbo and Paul Meissner have been hired as executive vice...
BAE Awarded Thermal Imaging Contract
Jul. 26, 2004
NASHUA, N.H., July 26 -- BAE Systems has been selected by Kongsberg Protech of Norway to supply the...
Optics Center to Build New Laser Lab
Jul. 26, 2004
EUGENE, Ore., July 26 -- A $510,500 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust will help...
Adva Acquires Ethernet Startup
Jul. 26, 2004
MAHWAH, N.J., July 26 -- Adva Optical Networking announced today it has signed a definitive...
Alcatel, OTE Team up for 2004 Olympics
Jul. 23, 2004
PARIS, July 23 -- Alcatel announced it is a major supplier of communications equipment for OTE, the...
GE Assists in Alzheimer's Detection
Jul. 23, 2004
PHILADELPHIA, July 23 -- GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric (GE), is showcasing its...
Tuning the Nanoworld
Jul. 23, 2004
BERKELEY, Calif., July 23 -- Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found new...
Bookham Sells JCA Technology
Jul. 22, 2004
OXFORDSHIRE, England, July 22 -- Bookham Technology plc, a provider of optical components, modules...
Thermo to Buy its Own Securities
Jul. 22, 2004
WALTHAM, Mass., July 22 -- Thermo Electron Corp., a maker of analytical instruments, announced...
Corning to Build LCD Glass Plant
Jul. 22, 2004
CORNING, N.Y., July 22 -- Corning Inc. announced this week that its board of directors has approved...
Thermo Electron to Buy its Own Securities
Jul. 22, 2004
WALTHAM, Mass., July 22 -- Thermo Electron Corp., a maker of analytical instruments, announced...
IEEE to Develop BPL Standards
Jul. 20, 2004
PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 20 -- The ability to send high-speed digital data over the power lines...
U Tokyo, Fujitsu Report Single-Photon Emission
Jul. 19, 2004
TOKYO, July 19 -- The University of Tokyo's Nanoelectronics Collaborative Research Center and...
PLI Gets Defense Contract
Jul. 19, 2004
CRANBURY, N.J., July 19 -- Princeton Lightwave Inc. (PLI), a producer of near-infrared, high-power...
12 Share Micrograph Competition Prize
Jul. 19, 2004
OXFORD, England, July 19 -- The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) said it doubled the number of...
Navy Reports Custom Lasik Benefits
Jul. 16, 2004
FAIRFAX, Va., July 16 -- The US Navy says it has demonstrated that custom Lasik (also known as...
Spectra-Physics Acquisition Completed
Jul. 16, 2004
IRVINE, Calif., July 16 -- Newport Corp. announced today it has completed its acquisition of...
MPLS, ATM Groups to Merge
Jul. 16, 2004
SALT LAKE CITY, July 16 -- The MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance and The ATM Forum announced this week...
Emcore Acquires Corona Optical
Jul. 16, 2004
SOMERSET, N.J., July 16 -- New Jersey compound semiconductor manufacturer Emcore Corp. announced it...
Zygo to Develop NIF Substrates
Jul. 15, 2004
MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., July 15 -- Zygo Corp., a supplier of optical metrology intruments, precision...
Carl Zeiss, UC Davis, Palm Collaborate
Jul. 15, 2004
THORNWOOD, N.Y., July 15 -- Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, the Lucy Whittier Molecular and Diagnostic...
IBM Makes Nanoscale Imaging Advance
Jul. 15, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 15 -- IBM scientists have reported a breakthrough in nanoscale magnetic...
Fiber Optic Probe Could Improve Breast Biopsy
Jul. 15, 2004
MADISON, Wisc., July 15 -- A new technology developed by a research group at the University of...
Semiconductor Equipment Sales Expected to Rise
Jul. 14, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 -- The leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect sales to...
SEMI Forecasts Sales Boost
Jul. 14, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 -- The leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect sales to...
Aculight Makes LMA Fiber Laser System
Jul. 14, 2004
BOTHELL, Wash., July 14 -- Aculight Corp. announced it has produced a 60-watt, 540-nm,...
Ikonos Satellite Detects Illicit Crops
Jul. 13, 2004
DENVER, July 13 -- Space Imaging's high-resolution Ikonos satellite imagery is being used by the...
Diop Wins IR Lens Assembly Contract
Jul. 13, 2004
SALEM, N.H., July 13 -- Diversified Optical Products Inc. (Diop), a manufacturer of thermal imaging...
Lucent Awarded $5 Billion Verizon Contract
Jul. 13, 2004
BEDMINSTER, N.J. & MURRAY HILL, N.J., July 13 -- Lucent Technologies announced today it has been...
New Program Has Kids Seeing 'Infrared'
Jul. 9, 2004
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Nearly 50 science teachers, along with volunteer experts, from the Los...
QPC Demos 2-D Array
Jul. 8, 2004
SYLMAR, Calif., July 8 -- Quintessence Photonics Corp. (QPC), a developer of laser diode...
Lab-on-a-Chip Can Get Hotter Than Surface of Venus
Jul. 8, 2004
WOBURN, Mass., July 8 -- Engineers have created a miniature hotplate that can reach temperatures...
GE Develops New Nano-Diode
Jul. 7, 2004
NISKAYUNA, N.Y., July 7 -- GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General...
GE Develops New Carbon Nanotube Diode
Jul. 7, 2004
NISKAYUNA, N.Y., July 7 -- GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General...
APA Optics to Move MOCVD Operations
Jul. 6, 2004
MINNEAPOLIS, July 6 -- APA Optics made two announcements this week that will have an impact on...
Veeco to Create New Deposition Tool
Jul. 2, 2004
WOODBURY, N.Y., July 2 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. announced it has launched a program to develop a...
Kotura Raises $11 Million
Jul. 2, 2004
MONTEREY PARK, Calif., July 2 -- Kotura Inc., a developer of silicon opto-electronic integrated...
Veeco to Create Deposition Tool
Jul. 2, 2004
WOODBURY, N.Y., July 2 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. announced it has launched a program to develop a...
Aixtron and Genus to Merge
Jul. 2, 2004
AACHEN, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 2 -- Aixtron AG and Genus Inc., suppliers of advanced...
CalTech Student Awarded
Jul. 1, 2004
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Optical Society of America (OSA), Bookham Technology and New Focus Inc.,...
A New Twist on Fiber Optics
Jul. 1, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va., July 1 -- By twisting fiber optic strands into helical shapes, researchers have...
CalTech Student Awarded for Optical Research
Jul. 1, 2004
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Optical Society of America (OSA), Bookham Technology and New Focus Inc.,...